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To view the 2023 WERA Virtual Meetings, click the links below:
Tuesday, May 16th: DAY ONE - (two back-to-back videos in one player) (Contact HQ for passcode)
Wednesday, May 17th: DAY TWO (two back-to-back videos) (Contact HQ for passcode)
Thursday, May 17th: DAY THREE (one video only) (Contact HQ for passcode)
To view a pdf of a specific presentation please click on a talk below - contact HQ for meeting notes
Tuesday, May 16, 2023: DAY ONE
WELCOME - Welcome to 8,021 feet: Survival Guide for High Altitude, YMCA Logistics
Henry Reges, National CoCoRaHS Coordinator, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO - Introductions, goals, and objectives for the meeting
Tony Bergantino, WERA 1012 Co-Chair, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY - Opening Words from The Agricultural Experiment Station
Gene Kelly, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Session 1 - WERA Partners (times are equivalent to video recordings) - 00:33:00 - 00:48:00: National Weather Service, COOP Update: Amy Fritz, National COOP Program Manager, National Weather Service, Silver Spring, MD
- 00:54:00 - 01:25:00: CMOR Drought: Kelly Smith, National Drought Mitigation Center, Lincoln, NE
- 01:32:00 - 02:04:00: CMOR: The relation between dispositional and organizational variables of a citizen science application to drought; revealing indicators of commitment: Marleen Lam National Drought Mitigation Center, Lincoln, NE- The Netherlands
- 02:05:00 - 02:17:00: Tony Bergantino - Using PRISM
Session 2 - CoCoRaHS Support and Operations
- 02:23:00 - 02:30:00: CoCoRaHS Budget Report: Henry Reges, National CoCoRaHS Coordinator, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
- 02:39:00 - end1/beginning2 - 00:20:00: 25th Anniversary - A 25 year look back: Henry Reges, National CoCoRaHS Coordinator, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
- 00:29:00 - 01:32:00: Website Updates: Julian Turner, CoCoRaHS Web Development, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
- 01:34:00 - 02:12:00: Data Quality Control Update: Steve Hilberg, CoCoRaHS Project Manager, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
- 02:12:00 - end2: Unfinished Discussions from the Day
Wednesday, May 17, 2022: DAY TWO
Session 3 - Canada, Clues, Comments and CoCoRaHS
- 00:00:00 - 00:21:00: Continued website and tech discussions
- 00:33:00 - 01:00:00: Clues in the Comments: Alicia Wasula, President, STM Weather, Cropseyville, NY
Session 4 - Volunteer Recruiting, Retention and Engagement
- 01:07:00 - 01:52:00: CoCoRaHS Recruiting and Retention Update: Matt Spies, Connecticut State Coordinator, Brookfield, CT
- 01:53:00 - end1/beginning2 - 00:11:00: CoCoRaHS - An Excellent source of observers for CoCoRaHS: Tony Bergantino, Wyoming State Coordinator, Larimie, WY
- 00:11:00 - 00:19:00: CoCoRaHS Help Desk - Carol Stolz, Help Desk Coordinator, CoCoRaHS HQ
Session 5 - Programs, Parameters, and Protocols
- 00:20:00 - 00:51:00: NE Rain and NEDRN Outreach Updates: James Williams, Dehvynne Ashmore and Alexa Davis; Nebraska Department of Natural Resources, Lincoln, NE
- 00:52:00 - 01:25:00: Premium CoCoRaHS TROPO Precipitation Gauge: Tye Parzybok, Climalytic Instruments, LLC
- 00:01:26 - 01:56:00: Ice Accretion Measurement Update: Noah Newman, CoCoRaHS HQ, Fort Collins, CO
- 01:56:00 - end2: Unfinished business
Thursday, May 18, 2023: DAY THREE Session 6 - The Next Step - Issues that Need Continuing Attention, Setting Priorities, and Action Items
- 00:02:00 - 00:39:00: CoCoRaHS March Madness Competition - proposal and ideas for recruiting competitions: Matthew Sittel, Assistant State Climatologist, Kansas State University
- 00:39:00 - 00:50:00: Awarding Volunteers discussion
- 00:50:00 - 01:12:00: Newsletters discussion
- 01:12:00 - end: various and miscellaneous discussions including adding new territories and international expansion, goals for the future
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